Vireo hypochryseus
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The golden vireo (Vireo hypochryseus), or golden greenlet, is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae, the vireos, greenlets, and shrike-babblers. It is endemic to Mexico. The golden vireo was originally described in 1863 as Vireo hypochryseus, the binomial by which most systems know it.
Its further taxonomy is unresolved. The IOC, the American Ornithological Society, the Clements taxonomy, and AviList retain its original assignment to genus Vireo. However, in 2016 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) moved it to genus Pachysylvia and renamed it the golden greenlet; as of 2025 it remains there.
The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide lemon yellow supercilium and streak above the lores with a dark streak through the eye. Their upperparts and tail are yellowish olive-green. Their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Vireo sighting in Guadalajara on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 156th most-seen of the 184 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Vireo in Guadalajara on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Vireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Guadalajara, in our data
Guadalajara is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden Vireo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Vireo
The closest relatives of the Golden Vireo that you can see in Guadalajara (genus Vireo, Vireos) are Warbling Vireo (about 10%) and Plumbeous Vireo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Vireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Guadalajara (12 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
